GEA IQF tunnel freezers and chillers

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high efficiency freezing and chilling

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 GEA Refrigeration Technologies through the GEA freezing product range represents innovative
solutions in industrial freezing and chilling closely oriented to the stringent requirements of its
customers: Cost-efficient, long-life, energy-efficient and customized.

In touch with your processes: optimum freezing and chilling solutions

Extensive experience in freezing

and chilling food processing
Berries, French fries, mangos, broccoli, shrimps, meat crumbles, cheese, herbs, etc.
etc. Raw or cooked products: With the rapid change in the market demands and
innovations in food processing, there have been many product developments
requiring unique handling. GEA experts in frozen food applications ensure that the
best solution is identified for your product. GEA IQF tunnels can run as a freezer, chill-
er, pre-cooler, pre-freezer or after-freezer, with the highest IQF (Individually Quick Fro-
zen) quality.

GEA IQF tunnel freezers and chillers are designed for hygiene, high-effi ciency
and reliability.

We guarantee quality and safe products throughout your entire freezing or chilling
process. How? Based on our proven know-how with regard to food freezing and chill-
ing, together with the ability to test your products in our technology center, we select
and test the optimum freezing or chilling configuration for your specific application.

Innovative, optimized,
scientifically proven
Our R&D department uses the latest airflow and heat transfer technologies. With
the ability to conduct simulations and confi rm the results in our test freezers, we
can quickly generate new and industry-leading solutions that energy effi ciently
maximizes product quality and yield.

In GEA Technology Center, 3D model

simulations are built to optimize airflow and
heat transfer for all IQF tunnel series.
GEA manufacturing facility.
Evaporators, enclosures, floors, frameworks
and control panels are manufactured and
assembled in our 10,000m2 plant.
In touch with your needs: gentle product handling and high hygiene

GEA IQF tunnel freezers and chillers

Capable of handling capacities from 0.5 to 25 tons per hour, the GEA IQF tunnel freezers are designed
by expert engineers to exact specifications based on your product characteristics, capacities, facility space and
line layout.

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Features and benefits

1 In-feed station: Externally loaded, product is smoothly and
homogenously fed into the freezer. Belt can be cleaned during production.
2 Belt and vibrator: Variable-speed belt vibrators gently agitate product — assuring integrity for both delicate and
resilient products.
3 Floor design: All-welded, insulated and sloped. Does not require heating.
4 Structure: All-welded stainless steel. Non-hollow uprights elevated from the floor reduce bacteria-trapping areas.
5 Product guard: Height reduces the risk of light-product blow off.
6 Catwalk and walkways: Width offers safe access and easy cleaning.
7 Evaporators: Use stainless steel tubes and heavy-duty aluminum fi ns to be durable and optimally transfer heat.
Built in-house to suit any specific application.
8 Accessibility: Fully stainless steel doors and round corners allow high access and hygiene.

Flexibility Cost-efficient production

GEA IQF tunnel freezers can handle: Our tunnel freezers profitably:
• A wide range of applications, such as fruits, vegetables, sliced • Increase yield by gently handling product, fluidizing just
and diced meats, and seafood enough to produce superior IQF product
• Sensitive product gently, minimizing the risk of damaging • Save energy by using higher evaporating temperature and
your product lower pressure drop
• 1 shift to 2 weeks of operation without stopping to defrost, • Clean quickly and effectively
based on your desired configuration. We select for your • Ease maintenance, use non-proprietary spare parts.
need – whether Sequential Defrost (SD) or Snow Removal
System (SRS) Great durability
Our tunnel freezers are strengthened by:
• Fully welded stainless steel
• Ease of operation
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SMA-series from 0.5 to 3 tons/hour

Fully assembled in our factory.

Ready to plug in on site.

The SMA-series is specifically built for:

Easy, short installation Hygiene Easy cleaning

• On legs, can be installed without a
concrete pad
• With separated enclosure roof, it can
be shipped in a container
• Fully prefabricated, loaded on the truck
• Fully welded enclosure both inside • Catwalk is accessible by a staircase
and outside • All components are easily accessible
• Flooring is seamlessly welded and • Cleaning nozzles are preinstalled
integrated with enclosure
GEA IQF tunnel freezer SMA-series selection table (Imperial)
Capacity (lb/h) of green peas at -35ºF suction temperature at evaporator and 70ºF product in-feed temperature

Total heat load Dimensions

for peas (includes
Capacity base load) Base Load Enclosure Loading Length Unloading
Series [lb/h] [TR] [TR] Length (L) (LL) Length (UL)
SMA-3 2,420 46 11 15’-0” 4’-6” 1’-4”
SMA-4 3,300 60 13 19’-0” 4’-6” 1’-4”
SMA-5 4,180 75 15 23’-0” 4’-6” 1’-4”
SMA-6 5,060 89 17 27’-0” 6’-3” 1’-4”
SMA-7 5,940 104 19 31’-0” 6’-3” 1’-4”
SMA-8 6,600 115 21 35’-0” 6’-3” 1’-4”

Note: SMA-6 and higher models separate the loading section from the freezer for shipping reasons.

GEA IQF tunnel freezer SMA-series selection table (SI)

Capacity (kg/h) of green peas at -37ºC suction temperature at evaporator and 21ºC product in-feed temperature

Total heat load Dimensions

for peas (includes [mm]
Capacity base load) Base Load Enclosure Loading Length Unloading
Series [kg/h] [kW] [kW] Length (L) (LL) Length (UL)
SMA-3 1,100 162 39 4,572 1,372 406
SMA-4 1,500 211 46 5,791 1,372 406
SMA-5 1,900 264 53 7,011 1,374 406
SMA-6 2,300 313 60 8,230 1,905 406
SMA-7 2,700 366 67 9,949 1,905 406
SMA-8 3,000 404 74 10,668 1,905 406

Note: SMA-6 and higher models separate the loading section from the freezer for shipping reasons.

GEA IQF tunnel freezer

Layout

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A-series from 3 tons/hour and up

Pre-assembled in our factory.

Only floor sections and
enclosure welded on site.

The A-series is specifically built for:

Easy, short installation Hygiene and reliability Easy cleaning and inspection
• Preassembled in your factory • Stainless steel tubes, aluminum fi ns • Large openings permit easy and safe
guarantee a better quality control evaporators are manufactured in-house access
• Downtime on site is minimal • Triple-action belt dryer
 GEA IQF tunnel freezer A-series selection table (Imperial)
Capacity (lb/h) of green peas at -25ºF suction temperature at evaporator and at 70ºF product in-feed temperature

Belt area;
ft 2/ Number of Sections (Cascade Model)
Series section 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
4- 24 4,500 6,000 7,600 9,100 10,600
5- 30 7,600 9,500 11,400 13,300 15,200
6- 36 11,400 13,700 16,000 18,200 20,500
7- 42 16,000 18,600 21,300 24,000 26,000
8- 48 21,300 24,300 27,300 30,400 33,500

GEA IQF tunnel freezer A-series selection table (SI)

Capacity (kg/h) of green peas at -32ºC suction temperature at evaporator and at 21ºC product in-feed temperature

Belt area;
m2 / Number of Sections (Cascade Model)
Series section 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
4- 2.2 2,000 2,700 3,400 4,100 4,800
5- 2.8 3,400 4,300 5,100 6,000 6,900
6- 3.3 5,100 6,200 7,200 8,300 9,300
7- 3.9 7,200 8,400 9,600 10,900 12,100
8- 4.5 9,600 11,000 12,400 13,800 15,200

Configuration options (schematic side views of configurations A–F)

Dimensions (Imperial)

Series 4- 5- 6- 7- 8-
Section Length Type A–F 6’ 6’ 6’ 6’ 6’
Enclosure Thickness Type A–F 5” 5” 5” 5” 5”
Enclosure Width Type A, B, F 15’-0” 16’-0” 17’-0” 18’-0” 19’-0”
Enclosure Width Type C–E 17’-0” 18’-0” 19’-0” 20’-0” 21’-0”
Enclosure Height Type A–F 13’-9” 14’-9” 15’-9” 16’-9” 17’-9”

Configuration options (schematic side views of configurations A–F)

Dimensions (SI) mm mm mm mm mm

Series 4- 5- 6- 7- 8-
Section Length Type A–F 1,830 1,830 1,830 1,830 1,830
Enclosure Thickness Type A–F 127 127 127 127 127
Enclosure Width Type A, B, F 4,572 4,877 5,182 5,486 5,791
Enclosure Width Type C–E 5,182 5,486 5,791 6,096 6,401
Enclosure Height Type A–F 4,191 4,496 4,801 5,105 5,410

C-Shift Defrost D-Sequential Defrost

A -Shift Defrost B-Sequential Defrost Elevated Coil Elevated Coil F-Snow Removal
Elevated Coil Elevated Coil External Motor External Motor E-Sequential Defrost System (SRS)

Coil Coil Coil Fan Coil Fan

Coil

Belt Belt Belt Belt Belt Belt

Fan Fan Fan Coil Fa n

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In touch with high flexibility for any food application

S-series

The S-series flexibly handles any application, specifically The S-series integrates the desired solution into any processing
configured: line:
For a wide range of products • Pre-cooling
• Hollow and soft when ripe, broken when frozen • Retrograding
• Cracked when over-frozen • Freezing
• Damaged if abused when frozen • Chilling
• Finish-freezing
• After-glaze hardening

With varying belt options

• Cascade One Pass • Double Pass • Triple Pass
Integration in your processing line

Process flow design

Precool tunnel for

chicken wings

Freezing tunnel
for raspberries

Triple pass freezing

tunnel for fish

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In touch with hygiene

Your main concern. Our guarantee

GEA freezers and chillers satisfy the food industry’s most stringent hygiene require-
ments through their:

Hygienic by design
Built with fully welded stainless steel, including the floor and enclosure. The smooth
surface is easy to clean.

Structural support
Built with all-welded stainless steel. Prevents dirt, water and soil from remaining on
the surface.

Good drainability
Consistent sloped floor drains easily. The structure sits on elevated studs welded to the
floor eliminates dirt traps.

Insulation without caulked joints

Option for fully welded insulated panels and floor on all our tunnels.

Recirculating CIP system

Foaming Clean-In-Place (CIP) covers some or all zones. The recirculating CIP system
pumps and fi lters water, acting like a giant dishwasher – using less water and detergent
than non-circulating systems.
 GEA Refrigeration Technologies offers superior customer support services. These services add sig-
nificant value to your company’s operation. Staffed by well-trained and experienced technicians,
your experience with our service and support will be a positive one.

In touch with our customers

We offer you: top competence,

Worldwide service support
from development to service
Of course we won’t leave you alone when your systems have been installed. We support
you during your plant operation, assure optimal maintenance, supply wear and spare
parts, and are quickly there when your refrigeration systems unexpectedly have
difficulty. In short: we are responsible for absolutely satisfactory operation – with
companies around the world, and with highly competent staff.

Reliable maintenance and emergency repair service

Training programs by experts
We offer you preventive and restorative maintenance. Our engineers are selected,
ongoing-trained experts that stand at your side around the world, and quickly and
efficiently repair your equipment, minimizing production downtime. We customize
your contract to meet your needs, from annual audits to full maintenance. You can
depend also on our expert knowledge if you are looking for new possibilities of
efficiency enhancement. Either for purchase or as part of contracting: our team will
fi nd for you the energy-optimized and sustainable solution.

Proven spare parts

GEA Refrigeration Technologies quotes, designs and provides genuine replacement
parts to optimize the performance and extend the operational life of your freezer or
chiller. Owning our manufacturing shop, we can quickly manufacture your replace-
ment parts, customizing them to fit your unique installation – without delay.

Friendly expert training

GEA Refrigeration Technologies offers training programs designed to optimize the
performance of your freezer or chiller. Our highly skilled engineers conduct these
programs for existing or new employees at your facility or in our Technology Center.

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